We're off to the south!

Our appointment went very well this afternoon.  We met with the the government psychologist and interpreter at the SDA and they were both very friendly and accomodating.  After asking us again whether we would be interested in a boy, they accepted our explanation that two was quite enough (not our exact words) and that Julie really needs a bit more estrogen in the household (again, not our exact words).  Seriously - they presented us with case files of 5 or 6 little girls age 2-6, and we accepted a referral of a little girl named Oxsana.  She is 2 1/2 and is in an orphanage about 400 miles or so south of here (I can't recall the name of the city, but it's northeast of Odessa, which is a city in the very south of Ukraine on the Black Sea).  She appears to be in excellent health, generally, but does have a problem with her left eye (coincidentally, the same eye in which Julie only has about 5% vision).  We'll get more detailed information when we meet with the orphanage physician.  What we know so far is that it is something neurological that is not treatable here, but may be in the U.S.  Compared to some of the more severe health issues some of the other children had (fetal alcohol syndrome, cerebral palsy, hepatitis B, hydrocephalis) a problem with one eye doesn't scare us at all.  She was abandoned at the hospital at birth.  They only had one picture of her from probably at least a year ago, but she looks adorable.  We will be leaving tomorrow evening for an 11 hour train ride and will see her on Wednesday.  Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we continue to just try to leave it in God's hands and trust Him for direction.
We'll post again on Wednesday to let you all know how everything went.